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Bacon wrapped pork with a side of Goth cabbage.

Making:

Today I'm experimenting with Montana Mex Sweet Salt and accidentally turning red cabbage into a super Gothic side dish.

Here's what I have:

2 strips Bacon
6 oz Pork loin 
1/4 tsp Montana Mex sweet salt 
1/4 tsp Garlic powder 
1/4 tsp Onion powder
4 toothpicks 


First I mixed all of the spices together and rolled the pork loin in it and then wrapped the pork in the bacon and used any remaining spices over the bacon. Secure any loose ends of the bacon to the pork with toothpicks.

Here is the prepared pork loin. It will go in an oven preheated to 450 for 20 minutes total. And then 5 minutes to rest.

Sides! here's what I have:


1/4 cup White onion
1/2 cup Red cabbage 
1/2 cup Broccoli 
1/4 cup Diced carrots 
1/4 cup broth
1 tbsp butter cut in half

To make the sides I got the cast iron hot and put half the butter in followed by the carrots. These were cooked until mostly done and then I added the red cabbage to the pan with a bit of broth. These were cooked until the cabbage was soft.  Usually cabbage takes on a blue hue when cooked which I knew but these turned into a super deep blue, almost black color. Super Goth! I took them out of the pan and set aside.

Next I worked on caramelizing the Onions by adding them to the cast iron with a little bit of the remaining butter until brown. Then I added the rest of the broth, a bit of the sweet salt and cooked them down until completely soft and caramelized.

Last to be cooked was the broccoli which was just put in a small pan and steamed until done. The remaining butter was added when I put them on the plate. 

.... The plate!


This is definitely not my prettiest plate, the Cabbage looks weird but it tastes awesome. That might be my bias though since I love red cabbage anyway. I won't be cooking it in the same pot as other veggies next time because the carrots lost their pop.  This does give me an excellent idea for a Halloween dish though so... win! 

- Kris 
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